Peter kerkham



, tening hooks and eyes.

Ten sTATLnsLTNT orion.

PETER KIRKHAM, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

ATTAGHING HOOKS AND EYES TO PAPER CARDS.

Speccation of Letters Batent No. 7,526, dated July 30, 1850.

T 0 all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, PETER KIRKHAH, of Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement on the Method or Operation of Fastening Hooks and Eyes upon Cards or Sheets of Paper, of which said method the following is a ful and exact description.

Accompanying this description and specification are two drawings A and B representing the ordinary methods of fas- Also one drawing C 7 illustrating my method. All of which cards as marked and referred to are hereby made part of this specification.

In order that my improvement may be more fully understood I will describe the ordinary method of carding7 hooks and eyes. The ordinary method is, by means of a thread passed through the holes or rings of the hook and of the eye and through holes made in the paper or card. The hole being rst made to guide the needle and thread and then the hook and eye being kept in place by the lingers until the sewing is complete, and only one pair, (viz, a hook and eye) being held upon the paper by the hand at one and the same time. This method is represented by drawing 1L Another method is by passing a portion of each hook and eye through a hole made in the paper for the purpose of receiving them, as in drawing 13. Boththese methods are slow and tedious.

My method, is as follows: I first, by means of suitable machinery indent or impress a portion ofthe card or paper upon which I wish to fasten the hooks and eyes this impression being of size and depth sufficient to contain a hook and eye. All the impressions for one card can by proper machinery be made at the same time if wished. The hooks and eyes are then placed in these impressions which can be done very rapidly either by hand or machinery and if the paper or card is properly handled they will remain there until they can be secured by fastening across them, 0n a level with the general surface of the paper or card, a thread, cord, slip of paper, or other substand sufficient to secure them in their places. This thread or slip of paper or whatever may be used can be fastened on by gum, paste or any adhesive substance, or by being passedV through the paper or in any other method which may bepreferred. For a further description of these methods I referl to the drawing marked C on which Yo.` l, represents the indented card and Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, dierent methods of fastening.

i In this way a whole row can be fastened in less time than a simple mode.

`What I claim as my invention is l. The indenting or impressing the cards or sheets of paper in such a manner as to retain the hooks and eyes intheir proper places upon the card until they can be fastened; in whatever manner they maybe finally secured. y

2. I claimnothing in regard to machinery for forming the indentions nor for the string or whatever may be used in fastening nor for the manner of applying it by gum or paste.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th day of March A. I). 1850.

PETER KIRKHAM. [1.. 5.]

In presence 0f- FREDK. J. KINGsBUnY, R. E. HITCHCOCK.

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